AHMEDABAD: The Congress top brass on Tuesday began deliberations at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial here to chalk out the party’s roadmap for upcoming assembly polls and organisational reforms, including giving more powers to the district units.Ahead of the AICC session, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, and senior leaders discussed the party’s future roadmap, key national issues, organisational strengthening and preparations for upcoming polls at the meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision-making body of the party.An extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting was attended by its members, permanent and special invitees, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, Congress parliamentary party leaders, council leaders, Central Election Committee (CEC) members, office-bearers of Congress parliamentary party office, former chief ministers and deputy chief ministers.Around 170 people are attending the meeting.Sources said the CWC is likely to deliberate on the resolutions to be passed at the session, and a decision to grant more powers to the district Congress committees will be taken at the meeting.It is also expected to decide on a slew of measures regarding its organisational rejuvenation, which the party chief has hinted at several meetings in the recent past.Top Congress leaders K C Venugopal, Kamal Nath, Bhupesh Baghel, Mukul Wasnik, Ajay Maken, Ashok Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Surjewala, besides party chief ministers Siddaramaiah, his deputy D K Shivakumar, Revanth Reddy, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and his deputy Mukesh Agnihotri were present at the meeting.Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil was also present at the meeting, among other PCC chiefs.
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